@Jez360 I'm not sure how many have been employed fulltime to complete the game, but its budget must be far exceeding that of what a normal first party game at this point.

Sadly, I think we will see more buying of third party exclusives or timed exclusives this gen - paying the wages of a first party developer that never has anything to show for it, is simply too risky. Reply+2

Lets be honest people - most games tend to really go downhill during the latter 1/4 of the game. This even includes some of my favorite games, like Bioshock, Dead Space, Alien Isolation etc etc...well pretty much every game ever, really. Developers just run out of time or simply don't know how to wrap up the story in a satisfying manner.

If The Order can keep the campaign interesting throughout, I'd rather have a few hours less of it. Reply+3

I hope the lighting is drastically improved at least. Some areas (on my PS3 version) had that flat, grey PS2 texture look to them - a problem that I didn't see much of in the first two Souls games. Reply+5

Being a console-only gamer, I've been wanting to play this for a long time now.

I can't fathom why Sony made H1Z1 for PC first - now would be the perfect time to bring this to PS4 and players who don't have access to any survivor type games like this. And since H1Z1 seemingly is a clone of DayZ, I can't really see why PC gamers would be that interested in it anyway.

I love the fact that its a PS Plus game this month and that it has co-op for up to 8 players!

Me and some mates are getting ready to play through it this week. Since it apparently also has cross-play with Vita, might even get my girlfriend to join us. I guess I will be the one stuck with the handheld, in that case. ;) Reply+4

I'm a content, although not yet ecstatic PS4 owner. But sometimes I find myself thinking: "would I be less happy if I had bought an XB1 instead?"

And no, probably I would have been quite happy with that console too. Most of the games I've been playing on the PS4 have been multiplats, after all. There would have been the obvious lack of all my PSN friends and PS Plus, but hey, I could make new friends on Live and Games with Gold is getting some good games lately.

The gamechanger to me, is Bloodborne. It's quite simply a game, that if it had been a XB1 exclusive - I would have been forced to buy the console just to play it. I'm sure others feel the same way too. Reply+8

They need to fix the messages too. It usually takes a few minutes between I get a popup telling me there is a message, until I can see the actual message. Also it takes a long time to send messages. Reply+4

The one thing I'm worried about is the controls being too arcadey for my tastes... Is it possible to adjust them?

I tend to favor the "half-arcade, half-realistic" steering of games like GRID 1&2 and Shift (the first one) instead of too arcadey like Ridge Racer and The Crew or too realistic for my tastes - like Gran Turismo.

I would also like to see a graphical comparison with Forza 5, I guess that would be more appropriate given that FH2 is open-world... Reply+4

I don't really care much about this petty "war" taking place here - I'm just happy to be getting almost all PC games I want to my PS4 at some stage. Just a couple of years ago this would not be the case. :lol: Reply+3

Most AAA games today are made specifically to look good in trailers. Souls games/Bloodborne are all about gameplay and atmosphere, and are not focused on the big setpiece action blowouts that look amazing in short TV ads but often feel boring and bombastic whilst playing the game.

Of course, this shouldn't even be necessary to explain to anyone who have played any of From Softwares former games. The negativity surrounding these comments come mostly from jealousy, which is unavoidable with a high-profile exclusive title like this. Reply0

I played the entirety of A:I in the dark with headphones on - an intense experience! :)

I would rank it high in my GOTY list, but the game was sufficiently long that I feel no need to play DLC like this, especially when it looks like the exact same experience as the main campaign(aren't those the same maps too?). I hardly even touched The Crew Expendable or the Survivor Mode as it is. Reply+2

Alien Isolation is my personal GOTY. Imagine System Shock 2 with the horror of Amnesia DD, a sprinkle of the better parts of Riddick EFBB feat. one damn scary alien with unscripted AI and you're not far off. You should buy it now!!

I'm considering getting Transistor, Surgeon Simulator (for laughs, playing coop with gf) and GRID Autosport. I really need a racing game and Project Cars is till a way off. :-/ Reply+2

I fully agree that a game's score should be based on how well it works at launch.

But at the same time - shouldn't the score be updated as the game is patched/fixed? Applying a patch is a none-issue to most gamers, and it seems a bit weird that a score based on how the game worked at launch will forever be etched in ston.. errr...metacritic score.

What I'm saying is that scores often help gamers make decisions on what games to buy. This decision shouldn't be based on a old version of the game that nobody uses anymore. Update the score as the game is patched! Reply0

Whilst many of the DS2 (with DLC) bosses are amongst the most challenging in the Souls series, I also think they are the least memorable. Hope Bloodborne will bring back some of those awe-inspiring bosses that Demon's and Dark Souls 1 had. Reply0